Strong G1777ἔνοχος

liable for

Transliteration
enochos
Pronunciation
en'-okh-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1758; liable to (a condition penalty or imputation): - in danger of guilty of subject to.

Detailed definition

ἔνοχος, -ον (= ἐνεχόμενος),
(in LXX for רָשַׁע hi., etc.;]
1. held in, bound by: with genitive (cl. with dative), δουλείας, Heb.2:15.

2. In law-phrases
__(a) liable to a charge or action (cl. with dative, of crime): with dative, of the tribunal (MM, Exp., xiii), Mat.5:21-22; before εἰς (Field, Notes, 4 f.), Mat.5:22
__(b) with genitive, of the punishment (Gen.26:11): θανάτου, Mat.26:66, Mrk.14:64;
__(with) with genitive (cl. with dative„ rarely with prep.; MM, Exp., xiii), of the crime (2Ma.13:6): Mrk.3:29;
__(d) with genitive, of the thing injured, guilty (absol., in Cl.): 1Co.11:27, Jas.2:10 (cf. Isa.54:17; DB, ii, 268a).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1777 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • guilty4
  • danger3
  • subject1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:21
    Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
  2. Matthew 5:22
    But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
  3. Matthew 26:66
    What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
  4. Mark 3:29
    But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
  5. Mark 14:64
    Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
  6. 1 Corinthians 11:27
    Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
  7. Hebrews 2:15
    And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
  8. James 2:10
    For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔνοχος, ον,
={ἐνεχόμενος}, held in, bound by, τοιαύταις δόξαις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1009b17; ταῖς εἰρημέναις βλάβαις [prev. author] “Pol.” 1337b17)]; [ἔθεσι γεροντικοῖς] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 7.2.)]
2 with genitive, connected with, κοιλίης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 23.)]
II as law-term, liable to, subject to, νόμοις, δίκαις, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 869b; τῇ γραφῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.64; τῇ κρίσει NT.Matt.5.22; τῷ ὅρκῳ “PRyl.” 82.14 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; τοῖς ἐπιτιμίοις τοῦ φόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.6; ζημίαις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.9; ταῖς ἀραῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.201; δεσμῷ [prev. author] 51.4; ὅρκῳ “PHib.” 1.65.22 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; ἔ. ἀνοίαις liable to the imputation of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.7; ἁμαρτήμασι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.146; τοῖς αἰσχίστοις ἐπιτηδεύμασιν [prev. author] 1.185.)]
II.2 ἔνοχος ψευδομαρτυρίοις liable to action for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 148b: with _genitive_, ἔ. τοῦ φόνου 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.46)]; βιαίων, λιποταξίου (i.e. δίκῃ, γραφῇ), [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914e, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.5; ἱεροσυλίας LXX.2Mac.13.6; μοιχείας Vett. Val. 117.10)]; ἔ. θανάτου liable to the penalty of death, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 27.4, NT.Matt.26.66 (but θανάτῳ Wilcken “Chr.” 13.11 (1st c.AD)))]: with infinitive, ἔ. ἔστω ἀποτῖσαι [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2832.8 (from Aphrodisias).)]
II.3 less frequently with Preps., ἔ. ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς Decrees cited in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.79; περὶ ταὐτά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1384b2; ἔνοχοι ἔντω ἐνς Ἀθαναίαν “IG” 4.554 (Argos, 6th-5th c.BC).)]
II.4 guilty, liable to the penalty for, ἔ. τῷ φόνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.11, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1269a3, compare “Rh.” 1380a3: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.1, 6.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 261a, etc.)]
II.4.b of property, subject to liability, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (PMasp. 312.86 (6th c.AD).)]